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Risk Perception and Correlates of Tobacco Use among Young People Outside of Formal School Settings in Lagos State, Nigeria

  • Odukoya, OO;Dada, MR;Olubodun, T;Igwilo, UA;Ayo-Yusuf, OA
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.2833-2839
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    • 2016
  • Background: Tobacco use among youth is a major public health problem. Youth outside of formal school settings are often understudied but may be at increased risk. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 326 young people aged 15-24 years in four randomly selected motor parks in Lagos state. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. Results: The mean age of the respondents was $21.0{\pm}2.3yrs$. Many 252 (77.3%) dropped out before the end of the third year of secondary schooling. The majority were aware that active (78.2%), and passive smoking (77.3%) are harmful to health. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents disagreed with an outright ban of cigarettes (63.2%) and restriction of cigarette sales to persons below 18 years (67.9%) while 254 (66.8%) supported a ban on tobacco smoking in enclosed public places. One hundred and fifty (46.0%) respondents had experimented with smoking of which 106 (32.5%) had progressed to become current smokers. Half of the current smokers, 54 (50.9%), felt the need for a cigarette first thing in the morning. A multivariate analysis for smoking initiation, showed that for every increasing year of age, respondents were 1.08 times more likely to have initiated cigarette smoking; males and respondents who lived alone or with peers were 2.34 times and 1.77 times more likely to have initiated smoking respectively; those who consume alcohol and marijuana were 7.27 and 1.89 times respectively more likely to have initiated smoking while those who consumed alcohol were 6.17 times more likely to be current smokers.

The Study on Korean Youth's Status of Beverage Consumption and Preference of beverage in Chunnam Area (전남지역 일부 청소년들의 음료 섭취 실태 및 기호도에 관한연구)

  • 김영옥
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.536-542
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    • 1999
  • This study was undertaken to investgate status of veverage consumption and preference of beverage among growning generation in order to provide basic knowledge for nutrition education to be able to settle right food habit of Korean youth. Four hundred and sixty middle and high school students in Chunnam area were asked to fill out the questionaries. The results were summarized as follows : The subjects usually drank total 671.6ml/day, water 304.1ml soft drink 156.9 ml milk 110.5 ml, fruit juice 36.2 ml. vegetable juice 15.5ml coffee & tea 32.9 ml and Korean tea 26.5 ml The male drank 685.5 ml and the female drank 654.9 ml. The average amount of beverage consumption per a unit weight was total 28.5 ml and middle shool students drank more than high school students but it was about the same between the male and female. The students who have snacks very often drank more than those who sometimes have. The students who like a meat-diet drank much more than those who like a vegetable or mixed-diet, And the students who eat bread often drank more than those who have rice every mealtime. The preferences of beverage were high in orange juice water milk, lactobacillus, sikhea, while some Koran and alcohoic beverage were less preferred.

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Impact of Family Violence Victimization on Peer Violence Behavior in Out-of-School Youths : Mediating Effect of Anxiety and Aggression (학교 밖 청소년의 가정폭력피해와 또래폭력가해와의 관계: 불안과 공격성의 매개효과)

  • Choi, Eun-Hee;Whang, Mi-Young
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.8
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    • pp.597-609
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    • 2017
  • The aim of this study is to identify factors that the victimization by family violence has influence on peer violence perpetration through the mediation of anxiety and aggression in out-of-school youths. Subjects consist of 169 out-of-school youths in Chungbuk and data are analyzed by regression analysis with 18.0 version. The findings of this study are as follows. First, the victimization by family violence has positive influence on peer violence perpetration. Second, when the mediating effect of anxiety and aggression is tested, aggression only plays a mediating role between family violence victimization and peer violence behavior. On the basis of the results, this study suggest that we make efforts such as prompt intervention for out-of-school youths and their's family after school dropout, the reinforcement of family relationship, family function and youth competency, and the transition of social perception regarding out-of-school youths to decrease family and peer violence.

Youth Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Intention: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Scholastic Performance (청소년의 기업가정신이 창업의지에 미치는 영향: 학업성적의 조절효과를 중심으로)

  • Choi, Yong-seok;Lee, Jae-eun;Kang, Ji-won;Kim, Sun-gu;Han, Ga-rok
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.15-27
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    • 2016
  • This paper examined the effects of youth entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial intention. Especially, we considered scholastic performance as a moderator on the relationship between youth entrepreneurship and their entrepreneurial intention. An empirical analysis on 251 students attending their third year of Suncheon High School revealed the following results. First, the youth entrepreneurship(risk taking, innovativeness and proactiveness) significantly positive affected entrepreneurial intention. The result corresponds to what many preceding studies emphasize, implying that when risk taking, which enables perseverance through uncertain situations, increases; innovativeness, which enables breaking away from existing frameworks, increases; and proactiveness, which creates new opportunities through future-oriented behavior, increase, the entrepreneurial intention of teenagers also increases. Second, a review of the interaction effect of scholastic performance discovered evidence that scholastic performance moderates the relationship between proactiveness and entrepreneurial intention of youth toward a negative(-) direction. In other words, proactiveness positively effects on entrepreneurial intention, but higher scholastic performance imply that such positive tendencies become weakened. The results of the present study will be able to provide significant theoretical and practical implications in carrying out follow-up studies on the youth entrepreneurship, which has been, up to now, relatively neglected.

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A Study on Intake and Purchasing Behavior of Processed Food among Adolescents (청소년의 가공식품 섭취실태 및 구매행동에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Hyo-Jin;Choi, Sun-Young
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.230-243
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to offer the basic materials for the development of nutrition education programs for youth and help domestic science teachers in schools implement effective dietary education by examining youth's purchase behavior of processed foods. As a result of figuring out youth's purchasing behavior of processed food and the difference in accordance with social, demographic variables, they considered taste and price mainly when choosing foods. The results showed that what they consider important when checking food display information was shelf life and price. It was observed that 56% of them check additives display information in food when purchasing processed food. In terms of demographic factors, the more likely they are a girl student, the lower grader they are, and the lower price they purchase processed food at, the better they used the nutritional knowledge learned in school. Based upon these results, it is necessary to offer the consumer's level of education and training for their demands by accurately figuring out youth's purchasing behavior of processed foods. For this, home economics education must allow youth to lead healthy diet by implementing a systematic and professional training on food additives on a basis of the research and utilization of a variety of educational media and teaching and learning methods.

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A Spatial Analysis Based on the Amendments in Seoul's 2030 Youth Housing Policy Using Propositional Logic (명제논리 기반 서울시 역세권 2030청년주택 운영기준의 개정효과 분석)

  • Kim, Seong-Hun;Cho, Hyeon-Jun;Choei, Nae-Young;Han, Dae-Jeong;Bak, Min-Ho
    • Journal of Cadastre & Land InformatiX
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.157-179
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    • 2019
  • The Seoul's 2030 Youth-Housing has been regarded as the only option to procure rental housing sites in downtown Seoul. But its supply did not catch up with the initial expectation, and the criticism that it may disrupt the current zoning system of the city has persisted. Consequently, the 2030 Youth-Housing policy has undergone amendments for six times within the last three years, and the significant changes in its guideline also have been made within the last one year. The study, in this context, tries to figure out the tendencies of those changes made in the guidelines so far by analyzing the aspects of the parcels allowable for Youth-Housing as well as the areas allowable for up-zoning. In the process, the propositional logic is to be adopted to draw the scope of the buildable areas for Youth-Housing. For this, the study refines the raw GIS data, inputs the values for each proposition, and proceeds the logical operation to judge every parcel of the city to discern whether it is eligible for a buildable site and/or for up-zoning for Youth-Housing. It is seen that: 1) the buildable sites rather evenly distribute around the peripheral subway-station areas while more concentrating on the quasi-residential and commercial areas; and 2) the areas eligible for up-zoning have the tendency to concentrate more on quasi-residential areas than others.

Study on the Eating Out Behavior of Middle School Students (중학생의 외식 실태에 대한 연구 - 2016년 청소년 식품소비행태조사 -)

  • Na, Ye-Seul;Jeon, Eun-Raye;Jung, Lan-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.284-295
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    • 2019
  • This study examined the actual condition of middle school students' dining out based on the data of the 2016 youth food behavior inquiry data of the Korea Rural Economic Institute. The eating out behavior of 278 middle school students' according to gender, average eating-out cost per person, average monthly eating out cost per person, weekly frequency of breakfast, and dietary information source were calculated into a chi-square value by cross analysis. The main results of this study are as follows. First, in middle school students' eating-out status, most students answered 'eating out', and the highest frequency of eating out was 1~3 times a week. The reason for eating out was 'to enjoy delicious food', and 'costly price' was the most common reason for not eating out. Food taste was the most common standard for selecting eating out, and a restaurant was the most common place to eat out. The main restaurant was the 'snack bar (kimbap specialized store)'. Second, there was no significant difference in all items of eating-out status according to the gender. A significant difference in eating out frequency was observed according to average eating-out cost per once (p< .001), standard for selecting eating out (p< .001), main eating out places (p< .001), and main restaurants (p< .01). There was a significant difference in the frequency of eating out (p< .001) in the eating-out status according to average eating out cost per month. Third, the eating-out status according to the breakfast frequency of middle school students had a significant difference in the reason for eating out (p< .001). The eating-out status according to the dietary information source of middle school students had a significant difference in eating out or not (p< .05) and the frequency of eating out (p< .05). These results highlight the importance of school diet education so that middle school students can achieve healthy eating habits and plan to increase their interest and utilization of school dietary education.

The Risk Factors Analysis of Adolescent Suicide due to Depression Experience (우울경험에 따른 청소년들의 자살 시도 위험 요인 분석)

  • Kwon, Young Mo;Kim, So Youn;Baek, Jong Il
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.76-83
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    • 2015
  • This study is implemented to find out the risk factors of adolescent suicide due to depression experiences and the factors that have effect on adolescent suicide attempt. Also it tries to figure out that if hospital treatment is enforced after a suicide attempt and the importance of prevention and therapy for adolescent suicide attempt. To analyze, used SPSS 22.0 and raw data made by online survey for adolescent health status is used. The factors effect on suicide attempt of adolescents who have had depression experience and who have not appear differently and hospital treatment is not being done well after attempting suicide. In conclusion, this study tries to show the factors that affect suicide attempts in adolescents, and to propose basis for the measures that can reduce suicide attempts in adolescents.

Factors related to Depression according to Gender among Adolescents Who Have Ceased Attending School (학업을 중단한 경험이 있는 청소년의 성별 우울 관련요인)

  • Yi, Jee-Seon;Do, Kyung A
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: Adolescents are vulnerable to depression; however, many health policies for adolescents tend to target students in schools. This study aims to identify factors related to depression according to gender among adolescents who have ceased attending school either temporarily or permanently. Methods: The data were generated from the 5th Dropout Youth Panel Survey (2017), and this study included 318 students in the survey that had dropped out of school. The data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple linear regression to identify related factors in depression among the participants. The analyses were performed by SPSS 25.0 program. Results: The depression scores of the students who had ceased attending school were: 20.28±5.47 for boys; 21.23±5.88 for girls. Their depression scores are significantly associated with self-esteem (p<.001 for boys; p=.001 for girls) and social stigma (p=.002 for boys; p=.002 for girls). Among those, peer attachment (p=.050), community integration (p=.004), and community disorder (p<.001) were significantly associated with depression only in boys. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that strategies for managing depression in adolescents who have dropped out of school should address the differences in contributing factors according to gender. This study also suggests a basis for approaching such a strategy.

A Study on Satisfaction with Simple Payment Service of Korean Youth (우리나라 청소년들의 간편 결제 서비스 이용 만족에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jae-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2020.01a
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    • pp.105-106
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    • 2020
  • This study is to find out how Korean teenagers think about mobile payment system. In the case of mobile payment using such a smartphone, a simple payment service is currently being implemented in Korea through deregulation of Active X and public certificates at the government level to provide users with more convenient financial services. This study conducted a pilot test to find out what they think about mobile payment service for high school students in Busan. As a result, Korean teenagers, especially high school students, responded very positively to the mobile payment service.

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